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Characteristics of Renaissance Music by RodRigo Mantua Jr. is a document available to read on EtoBox.
The document discusses music of the Renaissance period from 1400-1600, noting that it was a period of rediscovery and revival of Greek and Roman styles of music. Characteristics of Renaissance music included polyphony, imitation between voices, and melodies that moved in a flowing manner along scales. Major vocal music forms of the time were the Mass, which set liturgical texts to music, and the Madrigal, a secular Italian form typically composed for multiple voices.
- Author
- RodRigo Mantua Jr.
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- EN